China - Tour Highlights and Travel Tips
China Tour Highlights
- Wander the Summer Palace in Beijing
- Explore incredible Buddhist art in the Mogao Caves
- Cross part of the Great Wall of China
- Walk through Beijing’s Forbidden City
- Visit Qin Shi Huang’s Terracotta Army in Lintong District
China Travel Tips
- Don’t go looking for the ‘Chinese’ food you’re accustomed to eating at home. Proper Chinese cuisine is mostly simple meat and cooked vegetables, and is very different from what you’ll find in Westernised Chinese restaurants.
- The only currency you can use during your China trip is the yuan (or RMB). Businesses will not accept Hong Kong dollars or US dollars. If you can’t exchange currencies before you travel, many large banks allow you to exchange money using their ATMs at a reasonable exchange rate.
- Receive a compliment? Don’t say thank you - it’s a sign of vanity. Refuse them - it’s polite.
- Many websites are blocked in China, including Google (Gmail) and Facebook. If you desperately need these tools to contact friends and family back home, seek advice from the locals. WeChat is one of the most popular messaging app that you can download and use while on your China tour.
- Purchasing a Chinese sim card for your mobile phone is simple and cheap. Carriers even offer a service where you can call to request directions and they text you the address in Mandarin for easy communication with taxi drivers.